Cone or cop



Jan. 21, 1941. LE ROY F, OTT 2,229,586

CONE OR COP Filed June 17, 1959 l/ vll, Il] 'lll/ INVENToR.

A TYURNEYS.

Patented Jan. 21, 1941 UNITED STATES CONE 0R COP Le Roy F. Ott, Providence, R. I., assigner to Standard Mill Supply Company, a. corporation of Rhode Island Application June 17, 1939, Serial No. 279,732

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a cone or cop upon which yarn is packaged for various uses and has for one of its :objects 'to provide a covering upon such cone or cop which will be so protected at its ends that the covering will not chip, roughen or break away.

Another object of this invention is to provide from the material of Ithe b-ody of the cop or cone` a protection for the covering to prevent chipping or abrading of its ends.

A further object of 'the invention is to provide aproltecting portion for .a covering as -a separate piece for positioning after the covering is applied in order that 'the covering may be more easily and better performed.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In 'the accompanying drawing:

iEig. 1 is a iside View of a cone or cop constructed in accord-ance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a central section thereof.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modified arrangement.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 oi Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 illustrates a section of a fragmentary end portion of the cone for cop with the tip removed.

Fig. 6 is Ia section view o-f the tip separated from the cone.

Heretofore in the manufacture and use of cones which have had wooden body cores covered with some material diiierent than the body of the cone such, for instance, as cork or a composition of cork and rubber, the covering has been wound upon It'he body of the cone and cemented and the ends of the covering have been beveled but otherwise exposed so that in use where the cone is subjected to some yrough handling or tossing from one position to another, the ends become roughened to catch in the yarn or chipped and vsoon are in such condition that recovering is necessary. In order to provide a stronger cone or cop I have arranged Lto recess the surfaces upon which the coveringis applied but to leave protecting portions of the wooden body so that when the covering is inset into the recess the ends or edges will be protected by a shoulder or iiange on the cop or cone and thus prevent chipping o-r roughening ci lthese end surfaces where the majority of the abrasion or chipping occurs, and the following is a more detailed description of the present embodiment of this invention, il-

lustrating the preferred means by which lthese 'advantageous results may be accornplishedt` With reference vto the drawing, III designates the body portion or core of the cone or cop 'which is usually of wood, maple wood being one wood which is frequently used, a'ltho various differ-enit woods .or other rigid material may serve this purpose. This body core has the usual bore II reduced ait its tip end as at |12 and enlarged at its base end as at I3 and chamiered as at 10 I4, all of usual struc-ture. The outei` surface of the body core is grooved as ait I5 and recessed as at I6 to provide shoulders I'I and IZ by leaving lian-ges I9 and 2i).

The composition covering consisting of a sheet 1 of cork or cork and rubber or other suitable sheet material 2l is wrapped about the body core in the recess It with its meeting edges abutting and is oi a thickness so that its outer sur-face 22 will be substantially flush with the out-er surfaces 23 and 24 oi the flanges I 9 an-d 2d, or in some cases the covering may be 4slightly above the outer surfaces of the flan-ge such, for instance, als 1/1000" or 2/ 1000 of an inch, the covering bei-ng compressible to approximately this extent. The ends 25 and 26 of the sheet covering closely abut and `contact @the shoulders I1 an-d IS of the flange and are protected by the flange from chipping or roughening as these flanges are of harder and more rugged material and will withstand `the abuse which could not be lwithstood by the softer covering material.

In `some cases instead of the flange 20 being integral with the body I0 a tip 30 rnay be provided `as a 'separate unit, which tip has. a central portion SI to extend into a reduced bore 32, wit-h the head 33 ci the tip extending outwardly, and the shoulder 3d contacting the end 35 of the body so as to form a shoulder for the protection of the edge 26 oi the covering 2\I as will be readily apparent from Figs. 3, 5 and 6.

While I lhave described specific materials it will be readily apparent that other materials may be employed or the invention be made in one or several pieces as occasion dictates.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to -alfl'the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention 'being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A yarn pack-age cop comprising a wooden body core having an outer suriace uniformly tapered .tin-loughourl its length, a, covering of cork composition about said outer surface terminating short of the `axial extenlt of said body core, Iand flanges `extending `outvsretrdly from lsatid body am', the ends of said covering and terminating ezt the outer 'surface of said covering to extend flush with the outer ysurface of the cork covering and continuing lthe taper orf said body and proltec'ting lthe opposite edges of Isaid covering.

l2. A yarn package cop comprising a body cofre having an outer surface uniformly tapered throughout its length, a. covering of cork composition about said outer surface terminating 'short of the axial extenit of said body core, and flanges extending outwardly from said body at lthe ends of said covering and ltern'iinetin-g :ut the outer surface of said covering and continuing the tafper of said body to extend flush with the outer :surface of the cork covering and protecting the opposite edges of said covering.

'LE ROY F. OTT. l 

